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Feb 7, 2020

Indian Scientist In Australia Is Close To Developing Vaccine For Coronavirus And Save Lives

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

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In a major breakthrough that can lead to a quick Coronavirus vaccine, a team of scientists led by an overseas citizen of India, Professor SS Vasan of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Dangerous Pathogens Team has successfully mass produced the novel Coronavirus strain outside China in sufficiently large number to begin clinical trial of medicine.

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Feb 7, 2020

Scientists reveal the most extensive genetic map of cancers ever made

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

It shows how hard tumours will be to crack.

Science and technology Feb 8th 2020 edition.

Feb 7, 2020

Company to harvest green hydrogen from underground oil fires

Posted by in category: futurism

Proton Technologies will target heavy oil deposits but leave carbon trapped underground.

Feb 7, 2020

Worlds gets $10 million to help enterprises observe their physical environments with AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Worlds, a Dallas-based startup that uses AI to help large organizations monitor their physical spaces, has raised $10 million.

Feb 7, 2020

Why the next generation of rockets will be powered by methane

Posted by in category: energy

Rocket fuel research has turned to natural gas…

Feb 7, 2020

Why drone delivery is not possible in densely populated areas

Posted by in category: drones

Your dream to get a pizza delivered by a drone or an Amazon drone knocking at the door will remain a dream as researchers have revealed that a drone delivery service is not realistic and may not be possible in densely-pulated areas.

The reason is simple: Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high but the ability to meet that demand is very low.

For a city like New York, the optimal design for the test locations, based on all factors, is three drone facilities covering 75% of NYC area and 34% of the population.

Feb 7, 2020

Einstein’s predictions on gravity continue to be proven by science!

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Feb 6, 2020

10 Steps to Survive a Global Pandemic: Coronavirus

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mathematics

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In light of recent events its a good opportunity to go over the basics of pandemic preparedness.

*Correction* I need to make a correction to information provided within this video. The case-fatality rate of the Spanish influenza is often quoted by virologists as 2.5 % when in reality the math on this doesn’t add up as the population of the planet at the time doesn’t align with this statistic. This stat is misinterpreted to mean the overall case-fatality rate was (greater than) 2.5%. It is presumed a safer mortality estimate was between 7.5%-15% at the pandemics peak wave. The correct statistic is the 2.5%-5% of the WORLDS population perished as a result of this. It should be noted that there were several waves to this pandemic hence the 2.5 (greater than) statistic. The first wave was relatively tame, the second wave was devastating, the third wave was less severe. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/three-waves.htm

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Feb 6, 2020

3D Printed Heads Can Unlock Phones. What Does that Mean for Biometric Security?

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones, privacy, robotics/AI

Facial recognition technology is likely not as safe as you may have thought. This was illustrated by a recent test where 3D printed busts of peoples’ heads were used to unlock smartphones.

Out of five tested phones, only one refused to open when presented with the fake head.

Other biometric security measures are also showing less resilience to hacking than you might expect. A group of Japanese researchers recently showed it was possible to copy a person’s fingerprints from pictures like the ones many of us post on social media.

Feb 6, 2020

Aloe Polysaccharides Inhibit Influenza A Virus Infection-A Promising Natural Anti-flu Drug

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Front Microbiol. 2018 Sep 27;9:2338. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02338. eCollection 2018.

Influenza A virus causes periodic outbreaks and seriously threatens human health. The drug-resistant mutants have shown an epidemic trend because of the abuse of chemical drugs. Aloe polysaccharides (APS) extracted from Aloe vera leaves have evident effects on the therapy of virus infection. However, the activity of APS in anti-influenza virus has yet to be investigated. Here, we refined polysaccharides from A. vera leaf. In vitro test revealed that APS could inhibit the replication of a H1N1 subtype influenza virus, and the most obvious inhibitory effect was observed in the viral adsorption period. Transmission electron microscopy indicated that APS directly interacted with influenza virus particles. Experiments on PR8 (H1N1) virus infection in mice demonstrated that APS considerably ameliorated the clinical symptoms and the lung damage of the infected mice, and significantly reduced the virus loads and mortality.